By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Two Big Foot athletes at different points in their wrestling careers ended their seasons last weekend. But for both sophomore Travis Berryman and senior Will Utesch, the final results at the WIAA Division 2 State Tournament at the Kohl Center, Madison, weren’t the main story. The […]
Month: March 2015
Big Foot to host district solo and ensemble festival
Big Foot High School will play host to the Wisconsin School Music Association sanctioned District Solo & Ensemble Music Festival hosted Saturday, March 14. During the festival, which is free and open to the public, students will perform vocal and instrumental solos, duets, trios and small ensembles before an adjudicator. […]
Whippet wrestlers end seasons with one-point losses at state
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent It’s always difficult when a good season comes to an end; it’s even more of a blow when a long, successful season is abruptly finished on a grand stage in the final match of a high school career. That is the story for Whitewater High […]
Championship smiles
Members of the UW-Whitewater Warhawks are all smiles after winning the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship after defeating UW-Eau Claire 82-60 on Feb. 26 and UW-Oshkosh 71-57 on Feb. 28. This week the team will attempt to defend its NCAA Div. III title, hosting Defiance Friday and the second round […]
Common council candidate forum set for Saturday
Girls basketball game leads to cancellation of school board candidate forum The League of Women Voters–Whitewater Area will host a candidate forum Saturday, March 7 in the Whitewater City Hall Council Chambers. A forum for Whitewater Common Council candidates will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. All registered candidates […]
PEASD denies detachment petitions
Two deemed invalid due to insufficient and illegible signatures By Heather Ruenz Editor The Palmyra-Eagle Area School District Board voted to deny five detachment requests last Wednesday, just two days after the Mukwonago Area School District Board had voted to accept them. Now, according to Eagle resident Stephanie Schroeder, who […]
Wings for life
Group that restores airplanes offers kids life lessons By Heather Ruenz Editor There is a lot happening any given Saturday morning in Palmyra. There, a group of area kids are learning about airplanes from their mentors – pilots and some of their parents – but are gaining much more in […]
Supreme Court women discussed
Jolly Emrey, associate professor and chair of the UW-Whitewater Department of Political Science presents “May It Please the Court to Remember the Ladies: Women on the Supreme Court’ at the Feb. 16 Fairhaven Lecture. Emrey spoke about the first woman appointed to the court, Sandra Day O’Connor, and the three […]
UPDATE: No threat found at Williams Bay High School
According to a post on the Walworth County Fire/EMS Scanner Page on Facebook, Williams Bay Command has struck it’s Safey Box call as no threat was found during a sweep of Williams Bay High School after this afternoon’s bomb threat. District Superintendent Wayne Anderson sent out a message via both phone […]
ROBERT F. GUNN
Robert “Bob” Frank Gunn, 91, died Feb. 28, 2015, at his home. Loving husband of Virginia for 63 years; devoted father of Barbara Gunn, Bob (Nancy) Gunn; proud grandpa of Jeremy Gunn, Aubrie (Angelo) Rivera, and Nicholas Gunn; special great-grandpa of Giovanni and Vincenzo Rivera. He will be sadly missed […]
